[Kreatecd-user] Kreatecd on Mandrake 8.2?

[Derek J. <dje...@op...>]

>Has anyone managed to get kreatecd working on Mandrake 8.2 yet?

>The version distributed with the Mandrake install CD complains that it 
>cannot 
>find a path to /usr/bin/readcd
>The version in the kreatecd download area for Mandrake 8.1 is perfectly 
>happy, but is compiled with libpng2 instead of libpng3, and none of the 
>graphics are visible when used with Mandrake 8.2

>I would compile from source but an issue with my Qt libraries prevents me 
>compiling any KDE application (but thats another story)

>Thanks
>derek

I have got part way to solving my own question, but need some help for the 
last 'stretch.'

kreatecd-1.1.0-2mdk  distributed with Mandrake 8.2 will not find 
/usr/bin/readcd when run as a normal user, but will find it as root.

However under a normal user a CD can still be burned while under root when 
the final confirmation 'Write CD' button is pressed... nothing happens. (and 
nothing gets printed to stdout)

All applications required by kreatecd have group permissions of 'cdwriter' as 
does /dev/scd0, and my user is a member of cdwriter group.

So I gave up on Mandrakes version, and finally succeeded in compiling 
kreatecd from source.
Kreatecd can then find all the required applications, but now I get the 
problem of nothing happening when pressing the 'Write CD' button as a user as 
well as root.

I'm sure it is very close to working. I have tried many permutations of 
permissions, but surely if Mandrakes version can write to a CD, then the 
compiled version should be able to do so with the same permissions.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

derek